rargh.

[askerian]

Use an icon that I made from a screencap as a base? Fine, though i'd rather you asked me first. Add words on a wordless icon I drew? Same, though i'll be less miffed if you don't make the end result butt-ugly. (also, some icons are NOT for share, please respect that)

But. Icon or not.

EDIT MY PICTURES AND DIE.

I drew them. I DREW THEM. They're MINE. You're using them because I'm allowing you. They're still MINE. You want an icon that shows something I didn't draw? Then DRAW YOUR OWN. Clear? Thank you.


EDIT: Oh yeah, changing the icon, deleting my comment, and then not replying to me and pretending that since no one can tell now, nothing ever happened? That's classy. Very classy.

Sure, you deleted that butchered icon. But I think I'm gonna be petty and remember you for that anyway, dearest.

Comments

[askerian]

It's alright, it's just an icon, and not really a theft either; it's just that unauthorized art edits hit one of my buttons in a rather big way.

asking permission is always good. u_u

[complexphoenix.livejournal.com]

What did this person do, exactly, to your pic?

[askerian]

Case's closed.

[(Anonymous)]

i would have responded, but i wanted to delete your comment (which was pretty angry and vitriolic) and i didn't have any other way to contact you aside from commenting here anonymously. i don't want to get involved in a long, angry argument- and i hope you won't take offense that i want to remain "anonymous" for the sake of avoiding lots of comments from your angry supporters. i am really sorry about your icon. i saved the image a long time ago and forgot that i hadn't commented. i really don't know the rules about icons (have never really been active with them until now) and thought that by crediting you with the original image and making it clear that i had altered it that i wasn't doing anything wrong.

when you commented about it and asked it to be taken down, i did. and i really did feel awful about it. i never thought about it that way- as YOUR art that you should have control over. in the world of fanfiction and fanart, those lines are sometimes hard to define.

and i'm sorry for the delay of this- but school started back monday and i've been a little preoccupied.

really- i don't want to have some sort of feud about this - i really am sorry.

[askerian]

The protocol in this case is to reply first, and THEN delete the comment -- so that even if it doesn't show up on your page, the person who commented know that you did actually read it and apologized instead of trying to sweep it under the rug.

As for the "lines are hard to define". If, for you, editing existing fanart is on par with writing fanfic, I wonder what you'd think of someone who would take your complete fic, do a search and replace for the names of the characters, and then post it with a "teehee! I liked that fic so much, but I like X better than Y, so I made my version with (other writer)'s. (oh and I can't draw write, so it's going to look choppy, ugly and blindingly obvious, also X is going to end up OOC as hell, but it will still be better than (other writer)'s original idea."

Now can you see see what's wrong with that? Because when people edit my pics in this way, that's exactly what I feel.

When people write or draw, they use the characters, their personalities/appearances, and the settings -- and then they put them in new situations. Doing something like that? Is plagiarism.

I'm not going to have a feud with you over an icon. I'm not actually all that angry. (and even if I was, I can defend myself and certainly wouldn't involve other people) But it's still mine, and I'm still annoyed.